青玉案·元夕
To the Tune Qingyu’an: The Lantern Festival
Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140–1207)
Song · 12th century

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Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died in 1207. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/青玉案_(辛棄疾) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/xin-qiji-lantern-festival-night

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東風夜放花千樹，
更吹落、
星如雨。
寶馬雕車香滿路，
鳳簫聲動，
玉壺光轉，
一夜魚龍舞。

蛾兒雪柳黃金縷，
笑語盈盈暗香去。
眾裡尋他千百度；
驀然回首，
那人卻在，
燈火闌珊處。

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东风夜放花千树，
更吹落、
星如雨。
宝马雕车香满路，
凤箫声动，
玉壶光转，
一夜鱼龙舞。

蛾儿雪柳黄金缕，
笑语盈盈暗香去。
众里寻他千百度；
蓦然回首，
那人却在，
灯火阑珊处。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The east wind sets a thousand trees in flower by night,
and blows still more down,
stars falling like rain.
Fine horses, carved carriages, fragrance filling the road;
the phoenix flutes sound,
the jade-pot lamp turns,
all night the fish and dragon lanterns dance.

Moth pins, snow-willow ornaments, threads of gold,
laughing voices, a faint scent, passing by.
In the crowd I looked for that one a thousand times;
then suddenly I turned my head,
and that one was there,
where the lamplight was thin.